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Last week Tuesday we released 1Password 4.5 for iOS and 1Password 4.3 for Mac, updates that were both so large that I figured I’d skip listing their full release notes for fear of making you scroll your morning and afternoon away. However, we’ve had enough requests to see the full release notes here on the blog, so I am happy to deliver!

What follows is screenshots and every last big feature and little improvement that make 1Password 4.5 for iOS so touchable and just plain wonderful.

Last week Tuesday we released 1Password 4.3 for Mac and 1Password 4.5 for iOS, updates that were both so large that I figured I’d skip listing their full release notes for fear of making you scroll your morning and afternoon away. But we had enough requests to see the full release notes here on the blog, so I am happy to deliver!

What follows is every last big feature and little improvement that make 1Password 4.3 for Mac so fantastic.

One could say we’ve been busy these last couple of months, but that would only be the half of it. We have two great releases today that are packed with so much stuff, we had to cut down on our What’s New text just to fit it within the App Store requirements.

1Password 4.5 for iOS

Completely redesigned. Multiple Vaults and Sharing. AirDrop. Search always where you need it. A unified AutoFill tool in 1Browser. This is our biggest free update for iOS ever and you can get the full details on why in the App Store.

1Password 4.3 for Mac

1Password mini can now search everything, use a healthy dose of keyboard shortcuts, and show your Secure Notes. Go full screen. Sync your data file on a USB drive. Mac App Store customers also get all the great stuff from our 4.2 web release, like AutoSave updating existing Login items when you change passwords (that’s a big one!), editing items right in 1Password mini, and more.

1Password 4 for Mac has only been out for two months, but we just couldn’t wait to get you an early holiday present—our first major update! 1Password 4.1 for Mac is now available for our website customers, and it is waiting for review out for Mac App Store customers as well. "4.1" may look like a small update, but it packs some great big stuff, including something we’ve wanted for a long time: updating Login passwords right from the browser extension!

Now with 1Password 4.1 for Mac, when you update your password at a website (ideally using our Strong Password Generator!), our new save dialog has the option to create a new login or "Update existing Login." If you have more than one Login for the site, you can choose which Login to update. Toss in the ability to tag and add this Login to a folder on-the-fly, and this is pretty much the greatest way to create new Logins and update them down the road when the need arises.

There’s plenty more goodness where this came from, we also have: a new "Top" Item List Layout (yep, we brought back the traditional item list for the old schoolers), a new search-by-title option, printing (both individual items and your entire vault—careful with that last one!), some Wi-Fi Sync fixes, and more.

Check the gallery below for more highlights, get the full details in our changelog, or dive right in. Website customers can use 1Password > Check for Updates right now, and Mac App Store customers can check the store’s Updates tab.

A number of our customers want to sync their 1Password vault between multiple devices, but remain in complete control of their data, keeping it within their local network and out of The Cloud. We took a big step towards that goal earlier this month with the release of 1Password 4 for Mac and, among over 90 new features, the triumphant and revamped return Wi-Fi Sync. Today we take another big step with 1Password 4.3 for iOS, a free major update that now supports Wi-Fi Sync, among a few other new perks.

Wi-Fi Sync

As the name suggests, Wi-Fi Sync lets you sync your 1Password data between multiple devices on the same Wi-Fi network, leaving The Cloud entirely out of the process. We have detailed step-by-step instructions for setting it up between a Mac and iOS device, but in short: go to the new Window > Wi-Fi Sync option in 1Password 4 for Mac, and it will walk you through a couple of simple steps to get going.

More Goodies

In addition to Wi-Fi Sync, 1Password 4.3 for iOS now lets you change the browser agent of our built-in 1Browser to Safari for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, as well as Firefox and Chrome. We also have better support for iOS 7, though our full iOS 7 refresh is coming in a future, free update.

We just released a small update to 1Password for iOS with some handy improvements. It is available now in the App Store.

First, if you’re one of those intrepid early adopters I mentioned, we added some enhancements while using 1Password on Apple’s iOS 7 developer beta. We also have improved VoiceOver support for searching and a crash fix when scrolling tabs in 1Browser, the awesome new browser we built into 1Password 4 so you can log into websites, checkout while shopping, and fill long registration forms with a single tap.

As I mentioned, 1Password 4.2.2 is available now in the App Store. If you have a spare second, please give us a great rating, a Like, or even a review in the store—they really do help, and we really will see it and think even more highly of you as a smashing individual.

But sometimes, there’s an app. And I’m talkin’ about 1Password for iOS here. It’s the app for our time and place, and we just gave it a huge, free 4.2 update.

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1Browser

How huge is this update? Well, for starters, we added our Strong Password Generator to the 1Browser on iPad (yes, the all-new Web Mode is now the much snappier and pun-ier “1Browser”). Go & Fill Bookmarks are now in 1Browser on iPad too, so you don’t have to switch back to Vault Mode to find a Login to open and fill automatically. We also added the option to AutoSubmit after using AutoFill for a Login.

Now, I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is yes: the Strong Password Generator and Go & Fill are on their way to 1Browser on iPhone in a future update.

If you’re using 1Browser as, well, your one browser more often these days, you may be pleased to hear that if 1Password sees a URL in the clipboard, it’ll prompt you to open it in 1Browser. There are plenty more 1Browser goodies where those came from, so be sure to check the full changelog below.

Sharing

Yeah, that’s right. You asked, we answered. You can now share 1Password items from Vault Mode via Messages and email in either an obfuscated format or plain text. Your lucky recipient will see an “Add to 1Password” link, and I recommend they tap it; makes the whole process pretty easy.

By the way, here’s a ProTip about sharing: if you use the obfuscated option to share items, the item’s ID is included. This means that, if you share an item and your recipient makes an update—such as add to a Secure Note or update a Login’s password—then shares it back to you, 1Password will actually update your current copy of the item with the changes.

Just be sure to share with care. Using the obfuscated option means anyone with a copy of 1Password for iOS could add it to their library (since we’re using a shared key for these items, it could also be reverse engineered). Make sure you trust your recipient(s) to keep those messages private and, even better, delete them as soon as they’re done.

Search

Search in 1Password usually focuses on item titles. Now we also search URLs for Login items. But if you don’t find what you need on the first pass, you will now see a button to expand search results to all fields.

Some of the best additions are in the all-new tab-slinging, form-filling Web Mode. We redesigned the Action Menu to use the spiffy new icon view in iOS 6, which means we can fit more options like sharing the current webpage on Twitter or Facebook. In addition to emailing, printing, or opening the page in Safari, you can now copy the current page’s URL to your clipboard. A performance nip here, a bug tuck there, and Web Mode is even better.

You can now search in iPad in portrait orientation, change the font for displaying passwords, and view attachments in Secure Notes that you added with a desktop version of 1Password. There is support for the new 1Password USB Sync feature we’re working on to provide a local sync option for users who miss Wi-Fi sync (it’s in private beta testing right now). There are plenty of bug fixes to go around, too.

Something for the power users

Probably the coolest new feature in 1Password for iOS 4.1 is support for URL schemes. This means you can do some pretty awesome stuff, like automatically opening the current webpage from Safari, Chrome, or another iOS browser in 1Password’s Web Mode for form filling and Login-ing goodness. All you have to do is tap in the URL bar, add ‘op’ to the very beginning, and tap Go/Return to make the switch.

But you know what’s cooler than offering URL support in your app? Having someone else’s app already support your URL scheme before you’ve even released it! Our new URL schemes can also be used by other apps, and as far as I know, Riposte is the first. It’s an upcoming App.net client that baked support for the 1Password URL scheme (but only if 1Password is installed) into its built-in browser and even the App.net login screen!

Riposte for App.net lets you search 1Password for a Login for the current webpage

When you view a link someone shared in Riposte’s browser, you can tap the action arrow and slide to the left to find the 1Password login option. Tap it, and 1Password will open and automatically search for the current webpage’s URL to help you find and copy your Login’s password more quickly.

How cool is that? It’s wonderful to see Riposte adopt 1Password’s URL scheme and we would love to hear from more developers who want to do it.